Fish-line reel.



PATENTED APR. 17, 1906.

H. H. RICHARDSON.

nnrrnn STATES P gnn'r FFICE.

HARRY HAMTLTONRIGHARDSON, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICA COMPANY, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, A GOR- PonATioN or ILLINOIS.

FiSH-LINE REEL.

Application filed August 2. 1904. Serial No. 219,231.

' To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HARRY HAMILTON RIcH- ARDSON, a citizen of the United States, resid ing at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Fish- Line Reels, of which the fo lowing is a specification.

I spoolinigudevice.

The ther object of this invention is to allow the connection between the line-guide and the mechanism for moving it to be broken at pleasure-for instance, during the time the line is being castthereby allowing greater freedom to the reel.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation of my improved reel in which the line-guide is in operative position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of ,the reel in which the lineguide is in inoperative position. Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section on dotted line a, Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a section on dotted line b, Fig. 2.

The heads 1 and 2 are held separated by the rods 3. The spool 4 is supported by the ends in the usual manner. The connecting bar 5 has a connection with the rods 6. One end of the spool supports a.pinion'7, and a toothed Wheel 8 is supported upon a stud connected to the end 2 and meshes with the pinion. A handle 9 has a connection with thetoothed wheel 8 in the usual manner. A casing or cap 10 covers the pinion 7 and toothed wheel 8. To the end 1 is secured a bracket 11, having a circular opening 12 in its free end. A bracket 13 is secured to the casing 10 and has a circular openin 14 in its and left hand screw-threads. A toothed wheel. 19 is supported by the shaft near the bracket '13 and extends through an opening in the casing and meshes with the toothe wheel 8. L

Aline guide is supported by the shaft 18. and consists of two fingers 22. The fingers extend substantially parallel and have their free ends branched in fork form and each branch supportinga ball 23. The line-guide is attached to the clamp. 20, provided with the usual dog engagement with the threads of the shaft, having two lugs 21 engaging the bar 15 and capable of slidin in contact there- Patented April 17, 1906.

with. In turning the han le 9 the pinion 7,

connected to the spool, is rotated, also the toothed wheel 19, which in turn rotates the shaft 18, thereby moving the line-guide back alrlidf forth in the lengthwise direction of the s a t.

In reeling the line upon the spool it is located between the fingers 22, and as the finers move back and forth in the lengthwise direction of the spool the line will be laid upon the spool in uniform courses and in such manner as to pay out freely in casting. As the shaft 18is supported eccentrically within the ends of the frame it is evident that by rockin the frame the shaft will be moved upwar toothed wheel 19 out of engagement with the toothed wheel 8, thereby breaking connection between the shaft and its driving means. As 'the fingers are connected. to the clamp and the clamp supported by the shaft 18 and and rearward, which will carry the having a sliding engagement with the bar 15,

it is clear that by moving-the fingers from the position shown in Fig. 1 into the position shown in Fig. 3 the bar 15 and the ends su porting the shaft will be rocked sufficiently to break the gear connection, as above described.

The end 16 (shown in Fig. 6) is provided with two-flattened surfaces 24 and 25, and a spring 26, supported by the bracket 11, will engage these surfaces asthe end is rocked, thereby holding the fingers in operative or in inoperative position.

By havin the ends of the fingers forked the line wi l more readil enter between them. When the line-gui e is in a position to receive the fish-line, as in the act of laying the line on the spool, it will be in operative roe plpsition, and vvhen it is moved so that the h-line can pay out Without being guided or actively engaged by it it will be in an inopera' 'tive position,-and I do not'limit my invention to the specific means shown in the drawings, and I consider it within the scope of my claims if thisresult is accomplished in any manner.

In the drawings inuFigs. 1 and 3 I have shown-in section a casing 39 forthe toothed Wheel '19. The screw 40, located in the slot.

movement to place it in an operative or in an.

inoperative position. J

2. A fish-line reel comprising a frame, a spool supported by the frame, aline-guide 7 supported by the frame and means for movative position. I

3. A fish-line reel comprising a frame, a:

3. v lengthwise direction ofthe -spool,- said.-lineing'.the line-guide back and forth in thelengthwisedirection of the -spool,.;said lineguide capable of being-moved-into anin'opspool suplported by the frame", a line-guide supporte ing the-line-guideback and forth in the guide capable of a movement at right angles to the length of the spool to; place it in an inoperatiye position. I

4'. A fish-line reel comprising a frame, a spool supported by the frame, a line-guide by the frame and means for -mov-- supported lay the frame and means for mov ing the line 'de back and forth in the lengthwise direction of the-spool, said-lineguide being pivotally supported-in order that 40 it may be moved into an inoperative ppsition. 5. A'fish-line reel comprising a' ame, a spool supported by the frame, a line-*guide supported by the frame and means for moving the line-guide bodily back and forth in 5 the lengthwise direction of the spool, said line-guide capable of being moved in an inoperative position, said movement of the line v guide stopping its bodily movement.

6. A-fish-line reel comprising two heads, a spool supported by the heads gears for-rotating the spoo1,two brackets su ported bythe heads, each having a-circu ar opening, a 'frame having ends fitted tothe openings, a shaft supported by the ends of the frame and eccentric thereto, a line-guide supportedv by the shaft,,and a-toothed Wheel supported by the shaft and cafpable of engagementiwiththe driving-Wheel 4 or-the spec andzcapable =of disengagement therefrom by-rockingj the frame- .7. A fish-line reel having a rotatable: shaft,

a line-guide supportedbytheshaft -andwcapable of a movement at right -anglesetoithelengtha of'the-spool, and aspring-jfor holding the guide in; operative position and in mop erative position.

' HARRY 'HAMTLTON RICHARDSON,

Witnesses:

f P. Je- MAGEE, JAMES ;Pn7eER.' 

